Natural hazards · Belleair

Belleair, FL natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Belleair comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 183 claims here since 1979. 11 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

FEMA National Risk Index, December 2025 · OpenFEMA claims, aid & declarations
Expected damage

How exposed is Belleair?

50
Moderate
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Belleair to be higher than in 50% of U.S. communities, mostly from hurricanes and inland flooding.

Hurricanes41%Inland flooding26%Coastal flooding11%Tornadoes10%Cold waves7%Everything else5%
By hazard

What Belleair faces

Each hazard’s share of the damage FEMA expects here, and how that compares with the rest of the country.

Hurricanes

41% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 90% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 5 years in the area

Inland flooding

26% of expected damage
Well below average · higher than 11% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Coastal flooding

11% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places

Tornadoes

10% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 55% of U.S. places

Cold waves

7% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 68% of U.S. places
Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lower here

HailHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

Ice stormsWinter weatherDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic activity
Flood risk changes street by street. Check a specific address on FEMA’s flood map, and ask about flood insurance before you buy.
Flood insurance claims

Does Belleair flood?

Every paid claim on a federal flood insurance policy in Belleair, from FEMA’s records.

183paid claims since 1979
$14.9Mpaid to owners
11homes flooded more than once
19792026

Biggest named events

  • Hurricane Helene: 70 claims, $12.2M
  • Blizzard of 1993: 64 claims, $1.5M
  • Hurricane Milton: 8 claims, $496K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (2) ■ flooded 2+ times

of all homes
are insured
🏷️ 15% off flood insurance. Belleair is in FEMA’s Community Rating System (class 7) for its flood-proofing work.
Insurance rates: Pinellas County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

1homes raised above flood level
1buildings retrofitted against wind
Disasters that hit Belleair

11 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Disasters the President declared that paid out in Belleair itself: aid to households, or repair grants to the Town of Belleair.

Brought FEMA money into BelleairDeclared for Pinellas County only
2024

Hurricane Milton

261 households applied for aid $262K aid approved $161K to the Town of Belleair for repairs
2024

Hurricane Helene

156 households applied for aid $410K aid approved $431K to the Town of Belleair for repairs
2024

Hurricane Debby

3 households applied for aid
2023

Hurricane Idalia

5 households applied for aid $115K to the Town of Belleair for repairs
2022

Hurricane Ian

17 households applied for aid $3K aid approved $60K to the Town of Belleair for repairs
2017

Hurricane Irma

368 households applied for aid $90K aid approved $633K to the Town of Belleair for repairs
2016

Hurricane Hermine

4 households applied for aid
2012

Tropical Storm Debby

4 households applied for aid
2004

Hurricane Jeanne

12 households applied for aid $2K aid approved $71K to the Town of Belleair for repairs
2004

Hurricane Frances

10 households applied for aid $3K aid approved $44K to the Town of Belleair for repairs
2004

Tropical Storm Bonnie and Hurricane Charley

$3K to the Town of Belleair for repairs
Pinellas County has had 39 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and severe storms.
Around Belleair

Belleair and the towns around it

Clearwater: Moderate, mostly hurricanesBelleair Bluffs: Moderate, mostly hurricanesLargo: Moderate, mostly hurricanesDunedin: Moderate, mostly hurricanesSafety Harbor: Moderate, mostly hurricanesGreenbriar: Moderate, mostly hurricanesBelleair Beach: High, mostly coastal floodingPalm Harbor: High, mostly hurricanesHarbor Bluffs: High, mostly hurricanesSouth Highpoint: Low, mostly hurricanesRidgecrest: Moderate, mostly hurricanesPinellas Park: High, mostly hurricanesIndian Rocks Beach: High, mostly coastal floodingBelleair: Moderate, mostly hurricanes BelleairClearwaterBelleair BluffsLargo
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Largomostly hurricanesModerate
Clearwatermostly hurricanesModerate
Belleairmostly hurricanesModerate
Belleair Bluffsmostly hurricanesModerate
About these numbers

How to read this page

An average, not a forecastFEMA’s National Risk Index estimates the damage 18 kinds of natural hazards cause in a typical year, from decades of records and models. A quiet decade can follow a bad year.
Compared by rate“Higher than N%” compares yearly damage as a share of what’s here, so a big city isn’t rated riskier just for having more buildings. Belleair covers 1 census tract, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Belleair’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Belleair. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

FEMA’s expected losses across Belleair total about $1.6M a year, counting buildings, people and crops.

Sources: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025); OpenFEMA: NFIP redacted claims, multiple-loss properties, community status book and residential penetration rates, housing assistance (owners and renters), public assistance funded projects, hazard mitigation properties and disaster declarations. Census tracts: U.S. Census Bureau.

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